Clothes hanger for automobiles



Oct. 30, 1951 K, A, RICHEY 2,573,275

CLOTHES HANGER FOR' AUTOMOBILES Filed April l4, 1949 Patented Oct. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES HANGER FOR AUTOMOBILES Kenneth A. Richey, Long Beach, Calif.

Application April 14, 1949, Serial No. 87,525

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a clothes hanger or support for automobiles in which clothes can be supported back of the front seat of the vehicle in a simple, effective and convenient manner.

An object of my invention is to provide a clothes support for automobiles in which said support extends longitudinally from the front seat to the sill at the back window of the vehicle.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel clothes supporter of the character stated in which the supporter extends longitudinally of the vehicle and thus does not interfere with the rear vision of the driver.

Another object of my -invention is to provide a novel clothes supporter of the character stated, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and which can be easily applied to the vehicle.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatical longitudinal sectional view of a vehicle showing my clothes supporter in operative position.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the supporting rod.

Figure 3 is a, perspective view of a sleeve, which is attached to the rod.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of the supporting rod with parts broken away to show interior construction.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the support fittings.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of another support fitting.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the usual vehicle in which my garment support can be mounted consists of a front seat I and a sill 2 at the rear of the vehicle and immediately back of the rear seat 3. The sill or ledge 2 is immediately in front of the rear window of the vehicle and is usual and well known in the art.

A fitting 4 includes a plate 5, which is bolted or otherwise secured to the rear of the front seat I, and a sleeve 6 is fixedly attached toor may be an integral part of the plate 5. The second fitting I also consists of a plate 8 and a sleeve 9 afiixed to the plate or an integral part thereof. A second fitting 1 is secured to the sill 2 at the rear of the vehicle, substantially as shown in Figure 1.

The supporting rod I0 is preferably formed of tubular stock, although this is not essential. The support H3 includes a vertical section II, which fits into the socket 6. The support It] also includes a rear section l2 which fits into the socket 9, substantially as shown.

A center section I3 is formed with a socket H at the forward end, which fits over the 120.1}, oi the,

front section H, and a socket 15 at the rear, which fits over the end of the section l2. These slip joints [4 and I5 permit the entire hanger to be dissembled into relatively short sections so that it can be easily stored. The slip joints I4 and [5 are a relatively close fit so that the entire assembly will be quite rigid.

A pair of sleeves l6 and I! are secured to the center section IQ of the hanger, and each sleeve includes a finger l8, fixedly secured thereto. A coil spring 19 rests on the tubular portion IU of the hanger and fits between the sleeve l6 and I! and under the finger I 8, thus holding the spring against endwise movement on the tubular section In. The garments to be carried are hung on the usual hangers and these hangers, when placed between the coils of the spring l9, will hold the clothes against sliding longitudinally along the rod forming the clothes support.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A clothes support for automobiles including a socket, means securing said socket to the front seat of the automobile, a, second socket, means securing the second socket at the rear of the automobile, and a supporting rod fitting in both of said sockets and extending longitudinally of the automobile and adjacent the roof, a spring mounted on said rod and means on the rod engageable by the spring to limit endwise movement of the spring.

2. A clothes supporter for automobiles comprising a front fitting having a socket therein, means securing the front fitting to the front seat of an automobile, a second fitting, said second fitting having a socket therein, means securing the second fitting to the rear of the automobile, a supporting rod fitting into both of said sockets said rod extending longitudinally of the automobile and adjacent the roof, a plurality of segments forming said supporting rod, slip joints connecting the segments, whereby the supporting rod may be dissembled, a spring mounted on the supporting rod and means on the supporting rod engageable by the spring to limit endwise movement thereof.

KENNETH A. RICHEY.

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